A few days before Memorial Day, Joanne Malmstedt sat at a folding table in a parking lot at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, surrounded by trucks and supplies and volunteers, studying several maps in ...
WEST LAFAYETTE — Harrison linebackers coach James Frier was helping direct and educate 19 of his players who planted flags at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens on Friday afternoon. Planting flags is a ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (WPVI) -- On Memorial Day this year, 230,000 American flags will mark the graves of fallen military personnel at Arlington National Cemetery. The flags are placed there each year as ...
One local World War II veteran has been working to create a Memorial Day tradition -- a tradition that doesn't involve boating or grilling with the family, but rather spending it at the cemetery.
USA, — Memorial Day stands as America's most significant annual observance dedicated to honoring fallen military personnel. Observed on the final Monday of May, this federal holiday has evolved from ...
SCRANTON, Pa. — In the back corner of the Washburn Street Cemetery, dozens of graves were cleared of overgrowth for Memorial Day. Making way for American flags to once again mark the headstones of ...
AGAWAM — Tyler Mulville, 11, fresh from marching in a Memorial Day parade with Boy Scout Troop 821 in Westfield, cleaned some stray dead grass from his great-grandfather’s grave. He asked his ...
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Residents of Perrysburg gathered Monday to commemorate Memorial Day with a blend of tradition, patriotism and community pride, honoring the men and women who made the ultimate ...
From Kutztown to Hamburg, Fleetwood to Mohnton, Sinking Spring to Wernersville and places in-between, reverent ceremonies were conducted Monday to honor members of the U.S. armed services who made the ...
MADISON (WKOW) — At Forest Hill Cemetery, history and remembrance will come together Monday as Madison marks its 157th Memorial Day ceremony. John Decker, president of the Dane County Historical ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — One Memorial Day tradition that has become a staple in the Triad is performed by Marine Veteran and former Greensboro Firefighter Skip Nix, who stood at attention on Wendover Avenue ...
Lauren Wasulko and her family have a tradition of attending Aurora’s Memorial Day parade. “We come every year and I always did it as a kid,” she said as she and her family awaited the start of the ...